AvCanada hosting speed....

Walker · Post by **Walker** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 1:31 pm

OK now I am certainly not trying to lodge a complaint here to whom ever it is who is offering this VERY NICE FREE service to the Canadian aviation community,
but has anyone else noticed that the site is very slow as of late?

I am wondering just who it is that ACTUALLY RUNS Avcanada, and where it is being hosted and on what; Im sure a few of us could pull some strings and get access to a bigger pipe if it would be beneficial...

PS to all those actually involved in the running of AC; thank you very much! this is a resource that is hugely helpful from both the point of view of building community and from the point of view of sharing knowledge within the industry...

PS where do I send a bottle?

TorontoGuy · Post by **TorontoGuy** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 1:55 pm

There's another thread on this from the weekend. At that time, one of the guys in charge said it was probably time to reboot the server. But yup, it's still been running slow -- even sometimes impossible to log on and "page not found error" appears.

Luckily, the guys who run this site seem to care, whereas the guys who "maintain" the system at my place of work....

TorontoGuy · Post by **TorontoGuy** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 1:55 pm

double post.

hazatude · Post by **hazatude** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 2:19 pm

(Sorry Joe. I had to do it!)

flyinhigh · Post by **flyinhigh** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 5:05 pm

LOL, nice haza, smart ass at a serious time

FL410 · Post by **FL410** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 5:18 pm

I'd imagine that the slowness is caused more by CPU limitations rather than bandwidth.

hazatude · Post by **hazatude** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 6:37 pm

FL410 wrote:I'd imagine that the slowness is caused more by CPU limitations rather than bandwidth.

Are you crazy? It's the alignment of the phase couplings. How many times do I have to tell you guys!

CID · Post by **CID** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 7:20 pm

I think its because of all the animated avatars. And maybe all the big words in my posts. I'm trying to fix that by using smaller words.

200hr Wonder · Post by **200hr Wonder** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 8:34 pm

From the feel I think it is a Database Issue... getting a little too big for its britches. Offload all posts that have been inactive for 365 days to a secondary db.

Post by **avcanada** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 9:29 pm

FL410 wrote:I'd imagine that the slowness is caused more by CPU limitations rather than bandwidth.

The problem is not bandwidth related nor is it related to the database.

I am working on getting my machine upgraded it is just taking a little longer than I was expecting. Currently the machine I am on can not handle all of the extra traffic and connections to the databases that occur when this site is around 100+users at once.

Expect AvCanada to slow down anytime the traffic gets close to 80 users. All those who donated thanks the money is going to go to improvements in the dedicated server.

I am hoping this will all be fixed over the next two days.

Joe

sprucemonkey · Post by **sprucemonkey** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 9:52 pm

Hazas avatar boobs no longer bounce.......time for a major upgrade.

ahramin · Post by **ahramin** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 2:11 pm

Someone get me the hydrospanners.

Airtids · Post by **Airtids** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 2:12 pm

Seems WAAAYYYY better today. Or maybe I'm just slower...

hazatude · Post by **hazatude** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 2:15 pm

hazatude · Post by **hazatude** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 2:17 pm

Walker · Post by **Walker** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 2:29 pm

http://www.macleans.ca/topstories/justi ... 573_106573

hazatude · Post by **hazatude** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 2:57 pm

Walker. That was the best no word flame I've ever seen on the internet.

Juggs · Post by **Juggs** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 4:12 pm

CID wrote: And maybe all the big words in my posts. I'm trying to fix that by using smaller words.

Never use a smaller word when a more diminutive one will suffice.

Walker · Post by **Walker** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 10:15 pm

hahaha, sorry man I just couldn't resist.....

hahah resist!!!!!!!! LOL!!!!

shack · Post by **shack** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 10:52 pm

Avcanada is too slow? Where the @#$! do you guys have to be, most of you are unemployed. @#$! go outside and play with your friends. Your time is only worth 6.85 an hour as pilots anyway, try to justify a new server with that in mind.

jonathan_tcu · Post by **jonathan_tcu** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 7:08 pm

It's a bit slow, but as long as the posts post, I'm happy.